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December 27, 2015

Full paper accepted at CHI’2016

Our paper entitled “Tap the ShapeTones: Exploring the effects of crossmodal congruence in an audio-visual interface” has been accepted at CHI’2016 Abstract: There is growing interest in the application of crossmodal perception to interface design. However, most research has focused on task performance measures and often ignored user experience and...

November 9, 2015

Accessible Peak Meter at the Engagement & Enterprise Awards 2015

Our Accessible Peak Meter Plugin has been Highly Commended for the Influence Awards at QMUL Engagement & Enterprise Awards 2015 A plug-in which makes Digital Audio Workstations accessible to audio producers with visual impairments, allowing them to record and edit digital audio by using sound to represent signal levels. Project Poster

November 9, 2015

ShapeTones demo at SoundLab

We will be demonstrating our accessible audio-visual game ShapeTones at the SoundLab Play Space event ShapeTones is a memory game that we have developed for the iPhone/iPad. We designed it so that it could be played using audio, visuals or audio-visual feedback. Our aim was to make an accessible game that can be played by...

September 17, 2015

(Article) Accessible Peak Meter features in AFB AccessWorld Magazine

Our Accessible Peak Level meter, which won the award for Best Solution by a Large Organisation at the American Disability Act 25th Anniversary event organised by AT&T and NYU, has been featured on AccessWorld Magazine, the online magazine of the American Foundation for the Blind

July 31, 2015

Double awards for our DePIC research into developing technology for blind users

Our DePIC team has won the Award for Best Solution by a Large Organisation at the Connect Ability Challenge event, a software development competition focusing on developing technology that can help improve the lives of people living with physical, social, emotional and cognitive disabilities. The event was organised by AT&T...

July 14, 2015

CCmI editor hack wins NIME 2014 hackathon accessibility challenge

This years’ NIME conference, which took place at Goldsmiths University of London, featured a one day hackathon centered around assistive interfaces narrowing down disabling barriers to musical and creative expression. The challenge was the following: “Design a musical device that can be easily configured/modified to make music making accessible to...

July 14, 2015

(Audio) Radio interview by Accessible Media Inc.

I have been interviewed together with my colleague Fiore Martin by the Canadian radio station AMI (Accessible Media Inc.) on our work developing accessible multi sensory technology to support visually-impaired audio production specialists. Listen to the interview here: Or from this online podcast, we are on minute 13 of the Episode 76...

July 14, 2015

Interviewed by Accessible Media Inc.

I have been interviewed together with my colleague Fiore Martin by the Canadian radio station AMI (Accessible Media Inc.) on our work developing accessible multi sensory technology to support visually-impaired audio production specialists. Listen to the interview here: Or from this online podcast, we are on minute 13 of the Episode 76...

July 2, 2015

(Article) Peak levels: Anyone can get the sound right

The ‘Peak level meter’ is an essential tool of an audio engineer. It’s used to adjust volume levels. For example, there may be odd moments when a recording is far, far louder than the rest of the track. So loud that the sound will distort when played. The engineer therefore...

June 24, 2015

(Video) Accessible Peak Level Meter VST Plugin

This video is about a VST Plug designed to provide non-visual access to peak level meters. It uses non-speech sounds in the form of sonification to convey peak level information and the overall signal levels in an audio track. The aim is to help blind and visually impaired musicians and...